Re-listening to @dwr.eth and @fredwilson.eth chat, and had a realization — web to mobile was a straightforward platform shift (relatively speaking), yet Tumblr and other web players couldn’t adapt

Crypto is a much more Byzantine platform shift, yet many assume incumbents will learn how to add wallets and chains — unlikely!

Working on Farcaster and Warpcast. Longer thoughts at https://dwr.email

Re-listening to @dwr.eth and @fredwilson.eth chat, and had a realization — web to mobile was a straightforward platform shift (relatively speaking), yet Tumblr and other web players couldn’t adapt

Crypto is a much more Byzantine platform shift, yet many assume incumbents will learn how to add wallets and chains — unlikely!

https://youtu.be/Kqf_9NxhMfI?feature=shared

friendly neighborhood shitcaster / building @pinetree

Tumblr had a rough brain drain during the App Store meta.

Whole teams in NYC up and left to work at Twitter and Instagram. Crazy competitive during that time.

Reminds me of the talent influx into crypto in 2021

Faang lifers were going to opensea lol